Styles

Build up play already looking better.

Even Mourinho seems to be running out of patience with Oscar now which is both reassuring and promising for the future.

Sheesh

Hazard pens

Brilliant work by Willian and Hazard.

Matic has had an absolute shocker so far. He's been out of form for weeks, though, so no surprise.

Why does Fabregas even press high up? He's so slow that he doesn't really force errors, the ball just gets played by him and he doesn't have the recovery pace to get back.

Hazard playing centrally gives us somebody in the middle who control the ball in tight places and beat people. We've played better over the last 3 or so mins since he's moved central.

Remy looks on it.

Begovic just took nearly a minute to take that goal-kick. They have started early.

I think they're going to really turn the screw now to have an exiting run-in.

I'm expecting some very strange refereeing decisions today. In favour of Stoke, of course.

It still amazes me that people try to redirect any criticism of Oscar to players like Willian and Ramires.

Oscar should be grateful he's earning 90k per week. His value is closer to half of that, even with the current inflation of player salaries. 90k per week for somebody who only turns up for the first half of the season and even then he only play well sporadically.

Very good discussions going on here.

Genius.

I truly believe that if you think Bale is better than Hazard your opinion is absolutely worthless.

Hazard is fucking hilarious

What on earth are you on about?

Mourinho and Benitez are more alike than a lot of us are prepared to admit.

Get in Willian assist! BUT HE'S SO SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Yep, it's almost a like for like change: replacing one technically deficient midfielder with another. It's like that time we were drawing with Brentford and Benitez bought on a RB for a RB.

Courtois redeemed himself there

Stunning ball from Luis.

OK